WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Immanuel Kant

Philosopher of reason & ethics

Born: 22 April 1724
Died: 12 February 1804
Lived in: Königsberg, East Prussia

Immanuel Kant was a Prussian philosopher whose three Critiques transformed modern thinking about knowledge, morality, freedom, and beauty. He argued that the mind actively shapes experience and that moral action must respect principles we could rationally will for everyone.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

Late in life, Kant’s writing on religion drew an official reprimand from the Prussian king. He promised not to lecture or publish on the subject during that monarch’s reign.

Words by Immanuel Kant

“Sapere aude! Have courage to use your own understanding!”

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“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”

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“Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”

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